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1. "Russia is taking Soviet T-54/55 tanks, which were produced in the late 1950s, out of storage.

A group of researchers from the Conflict Intelligence Team notes that this is the first time this has been recorded. The tanks were spotted on trains in the city of Arsenyev, Primorsky Krai, where the Central Tank Reserve and Storage Base is located. Since last summer, T-62s have been sent to the front from there.

Radio Liberty showed satellite images of this reserve base taken on July 12, August 19, and October 2 last year. They show the base being emptied. In the fall, there were almost no tanks left in its open areas."

2. "A video appeared showing Russia removing 1950s tanks from storage and reportedly sending them to the frontlines - CIT"

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Originally Posted by WonderMomma ↗

"2005. Putin speaking in the Hague:"And in the end, your work contributes to international justice""

Be good to see this dictaker eat his words.

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Originally Posted by ljubodrag ↗

Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine on March 21.

More like the "Highlights of Russian 3 Day Invasion Fuck Up in Ukraine"

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Zelenskyy makes a surprise trip to Bakhmut today, 22 March. He stops for tea at a Donetsk gas station.

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" Czech-supplied Rm-70 MRL in Ukrainian service, Donetsk Oblast."

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Bakhmut 16 - 23 March 2023

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The Russian pilot who took down the American drone over the Black Sea is awarded.

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Originally Posted by WonderMomma ↗

The Russian pilot who took down the American drone over the Black Sea is awarded.
Attachment 1165854

That pilot is fucking shocked that he fucked up and is being awarded for it. Gotta award it, or you look incompetent and weak.

[ljubodrag]

Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine on March 22.

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Article: https://www.businessinsider.com/kane...ies-2023-3?amp

A New Zealand veteran who led an elite unit in Ukraine and staged a dramatic rescue was killed in the fighting
Mar 22, 2023, 6:02 AM

-A New Zealand veteran who led an elite unit in Ukraine died on Monday, multiple reports said.
-Kane Te Tai, an ethnic Maori, documented his time on the front lines on social media.
-A viral video showed how he helped rescue a Ukrainian prisoner of war in Bakhmut earlier this month.

A New Zealand veteran who led an elite unit in Ukraine and helped rescue a prisoner of war was killed on the front lines, according to multiple reports.

Kane Te Tai, whose code name was "Turtle", was killed on Monday, Stuff.co.nz reported, citing the Ukrainian official Yuriy Sak.

Radio New Zealand also reported the death, without citing specific sources. It said Te Tai was in the town of Vulhedar when he ended up separated from his unit and was killed in the trenches by Russian soldiers.

His mother, Ngaire Te Tai, told Radio New Zealand that her son's contacts in Ukraine confirmed his death and that his body had been recovered.

Officials in Ukraine and New Zealand told Insider they were aware of the reports and were working to verify them.

Te Tai, who is Maori, enlisted in the New Zealand Army in 2002 at the age of 17, The New Yorker reported in December. He went to fight in Ukraine in May and led a secretive reconnaissance unit that was part of the GUR, an intelligence organization in the Ukrainian military.

Te Tai did a tour in Afghanistan and then worked as a private security contractor before going to Ukraine.

In February, CNN interviewed Te Tai as he trained new recruits in Vulhedar, where he and other foreign soldiers said they understood they could be killed fighting for a country that isn't their own.

Jordan O'Brien, another New Zealander fighting in Ukraine, told Insider he knew Te Tai as "a solid soldier who did his part to help a country in need."

Insider spoke to Te Tai over the weekend and was in the process of arranging an interview.

The soldier, who was active on social media, frequently documented what fighting on the front lines in Ukraine looked like. Earlier this month, a video showing his unit's rescue of a Ukrainian prisoner in Bakhmut, went viral.

Footage from Te Tai's bodycam showed the moment the prisoner recognized him, shouting "New Zealand! New Zealand!" Te Tai, overjoyed, yelled "my brother!" in response.

The captive, identified as Alexei Gordeyev, was found while Te Tai and his unit stormed a basement on Russian territory, according to Anton Gerashchenko, an advisor to the Ukrainian government.

"It was the best thing to happen to me in this God-forsaken war," Te Tai captioned the video. "To be able to save your friends is something that almost never happens but I'm thankful and feel blessed that it was us that could pull him from that Hell hole."

In an interview with Newshub on Tuesday, friend Aaron Wood said Te Tai was a "man amongst men,"

"A guy like that, who you can rely on in extreme circumstances, you don't run into that too often," he said.

Te Tai told The New Yorker in December that he was not afraid of dying, saying: "I've had a good life, I can die happy."

As of Wednesday, New Zealand media reported that efforts were underway to bring his body home.





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